Stevens Run (Rock Creek tributary)
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Stevens Run[1] (Stevens Creek,[2] Tiber) is a tributary[3] of Rock Creek in Pennsylvania in the United States.
Stevens Run flows over the Gettysburg Battlefield and through the borough of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Within the borough the stream is in a concrete channel, including a covered portion. From 1884 to 1942, the run was spanned by three bridges of the Round Top Branch railroad.[4]
History
Stevens Run was named after Thaddeus Stevens, a congressman from Pennsylvania.[5]
Samuel Gettys' Tavern was located on the south side on the uphill slope of the now-named Stevens Run, and Rock Creek Church was approximately on the north bank of the now-named Carlisle Street and Stevens Run.[6] In 1902, a new bridge was built over the Tiber on Chambersburg Street.
| Course, northeast-to-southwest | |||||
| Intersection | Location/Description | Coordinates | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mouth | Rock Creek confluence | ||||
| Bridge | site of 1912 bridge | ||||
| Bridge | Former borough site of 1920 bridge | ||||
| Boundary | Exits GNMP land | ||||
| Run | Confluence with flow from Colt Park | 39°49.319′N 77°14.529′W | |||
| Perennial flow[7] | 39.81631°N 77.25540°W | ||||
| Flow from Plum & Guinn runs' triple pt | |||||
| Headpoint | N of Codori house & barn[7] | 39.81178°N 77.24021°W | |||